TED Talks
TED: How we can make the world a better place by 2030 | Michael Green
Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the uN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the...
TED Talks
Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country
The term Gross Domestic Product is often talked about as if it were “handed down from god on tablets of stone.” But this concept was invented by an economist in the 1930s. We need a more effective measurement tool to match 21st century...
Curated Video
Understanding the Human Development Index
This video provides an introduction to the Human Development Index (HDI). The video discusses the challenges of accurately measuring economic development and why a multidimensional approach is necessary. The video explains how the HDI is...
Curated Video
WEF chairman says restoring trust is key to pulling world economy out of crisis
1. Zoom in on news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum:
"Davos is different because it is not a formal decision making meeting with communiques at the end. It is a laboratory...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : DR Congo: Tshisekedi wants united opposition
Felix Tshisekedi who was named leader of the party his father Etienne Tshisekedi created the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) calls for opposition unity
Crash Course
The Anthropocene and the Near Future: Crash Course Big History #9
The Anthropocene covers the last century in an unofficial geological era. An informative video considers both the pros and cons of progress. It discusses the environmental impact, changes in lifestyle, political changes, wars, and...